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Streamlining Treatment of Challenging Wastewaters in Food Processing

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Streamlining Treatment of Challenging Wastewaters in Food Processing

30 Sep, 2009

Published over 17 years ago. See the latest and most current information on Water/Wastewater.

Jim McMahon

1 min read

Ken?s Foods? newly upgraded wastewater treatment facility, the world?s largest anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) system, is not only a showpiece for the efficient reduction of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total suspended solids (TSS) in challenging food processing wastewaters with high levels of organic content, but it is also supplying 200,000-plus cubic feet of biogas a day, providing 100% of the heat required for the treatment plant?s operation.

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